James Holmes (Batman Shootings, Aurora, Colo.)

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News about James Holmes (Batman Shootings, Aurora, Colo.), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

May. 23, 2013

Newly unsealed court documents reveal additional details in trial of Aurora, Colo, shooter James E Holmes, including fact that Holmes had received six packages from online ammunition dealer in weeks before attacks. MORE

Jan. 9, 2013

Second day of testimony in preliminary hearing for James E Holmes reveals that he intended for police to set off nest of explosives in his apartment following the Aurora, Colo, shootings. MORE

Jan. 8, 2013

Officers of Colorado's Aurora Police Department testify at preliminary hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to try James E Holmes for killing 12 people and wounding dozens more during July 2012 shooting spree inside Century 16 movie theater; describe Holmes as being eerily calm after shooting. MORE

Aug. 31, 2012

Lawyers argue whether prosecutors should have access to notes that James E Holmes, charged with killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater, sent to his former psychiatrist Dr Lynne Fenton on the evening of the killings; contents could provide a glimpse into Homes' thoughts and mental state in the days or weeks leading up to the shooting. MORE

Jul. 24, 2012

James E Holmes makes his first court appearance in preliminary hearing over charges that he fatally shot 12 people in a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colo; proceedings offer first public glimpse of Holmes, who seems dazed and impassive. MORE

Jul. 24, 2012

Weapons used by James E Holmes, the man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater, include a semiautomatic variation of the military’s M-16 rifle, a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun and at least one .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol; the guns are among the most popular available in the multibillion-dollar American firearms market. MORE

Jul. 23, 2012

James E Holmes, the man accused of killing a dozen people inside a Colorado movie theater, was able to build what the police call a 6,000-round arsenal legally and easily over the Internet, unhindered by federal background checks or government oversight; gun-control groups say the purchases of the ammunition demonstrate how easily anyone can buy a veritable arsenal without attracting attention, but gun groups reply that stricter control would only restrict constitutional rights. MORE

Jul. 23, 2012

Pres Obama travels to Aurora, Colo, to meet with survivors of the city's shooting rampage and lead the country in mourning the 12 people killed in the attack. MORE

Jul. 22, 2012

Aurora, Colo, a city long regarded as a safe place to raise families, is left staggered by mass shooting, in which suspect James Eagan Holmes opened fire in a movie theater, killing 12 people and injuring 58. MORE

Jul. 21, 2012

At least 12 people are killed and 59 wounded when a masked gunman opens fire in a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colo, during the midnight premiere of the movie The Dark Night Rises; police arrest James Holmes in the parking lot of the theater. MORE

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Highlights From the Archives

James Eagan Holmes left no trail of hate behind him before the shootings in Aurora. But interviews with people who knew or had contact with him before the attack tell a story of a man struggling with a mental illness and losing his footing.

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